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posted by FairMailPeter on 12/ 9/2007 9:54 am

Fair Trade Photo Greeting Cards from Peru!

Check out www.fairmail.info for a really cool new fair trade initiative from Peru. The world's first fair trade photo greeting cards (certified by the dutch association of fair trade shops). They have trained teenagers who used to live and work on the streets of Trujillo, Peru or worked on the cities garbage dump. Now these kids make pictures of the beauty around them. They get 50% of the profit of each card carrying their picture to finance their own education! That's on top of their livable wage and medical insurance for them and their family. The 9 teenagers they work with so far are developing their creativity. Not only artistically but also in shaping their own futures!


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